Pistol Found in Pacific Air Lines Wreckage Investigated
A cocked and loaded 38 caliber revolver discovered among wreckage from Pacific Air Lines plane crash prompts FBI inquiry. All 44 aboard died when the Reno to San Francisco flight crashed after a Stockton stop. Initial belief tied gun to passenger George Lacau disproven by serial number check.
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Nelsonville Band Sign to President Johnson Draws Fame
Larry Barber of Nelsonville High School kept his corny sign to urge a Johnson drum head autograph. President Johnson signed the drum head after a parade while incident with a Secret Service agent occurred. The drum has existing signatures from Miss America Jacqueline Meyer, with replacement cost listed at $80.
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Johnson in Atlanta drives for racial justice amid mass rally
President Johnson drew crowds estimated over 500000 in Atlanta as he urged racial justice and rejected extremists. He rode through streets in a convertible, addressed cheering citizens, and tied his message to a broader push for poverty relief and equal rights.
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Johnson
Deep South
Court Ends Last Railroad Walkout
U S marshals served a court order ending the last of four railroading strikes over job eliminations. The injunction targeted 25 pickets at Joliet switching yards after a night session in Chicago. About 800 workers at multiple lines honored the picket lines before the walkouts were called off. A Monday hearing is scheduled.
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Rusk Urges NATO Unity as he Presses Viet Nam Aid
Secretary of State Dean Rusk flew to Europe to press NATO allies for greater support in South Viet Nam and to back the U.S. Cuba boycott. He will attend NATO foreign ministers in The Hague after Brussels, while Undersecretary George Ball criticized De Gaulle era doubts about the alliance’s structure and aims in a Georgetown speech.
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Brussels
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Charles de Gaulle
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Senators Call Recess to Ease Civil Rights Debate
Senate leaders announced no session on Saturday to relieve pressure in the civil rights debate. Sen. Humphrey said the Senate would recess until Monday after today’s business, as talks with Sen. Dirksen seek a package of amendments. Dirksen has proposed 69 amendments and negotiations include leaders from both parties and Attorney General Kennedy.
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Senate
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Dirksen
Robert F. Kennedy
Ohio Five Day Forecast Sees Warm Start With Rain
Temperatures will average 4-7 degrees above normal with highs 68-76 and lows 47-58. Weekend brings a cooler trend and little day to day change after. Rainfall averages about one inch with scattered showers and thundershowers throughout the period.
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President Seen Winning Confidence Of Business Leaders
In Hot Springs Virginia the Business Council spring conference opened with officials noting President Johnson has gained trust of many top industrialists. Reporters heard that Republicans feel he listens to business needs and values corporate profits as growth drivers. Notables Stuart Saunders and Henry Ford II led the Tax Reduction Committee.
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Truman Praises Johnson, predicts Landslide Victory
On his 80th birthday Truman told reporters he expects Johnson to win in November as Roosevelt did in 1936. He spoke at Faragut Square near the White House before a walk interrupted by cameras and newsmen, then returned to Blair House and Capitol engagements.
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Forgotten Gift Becomes Anniversary Joy for Couple
In Memphis Paul Savage found a dusty brass wastebasket hidden in a car trunk and gave it to his wife as a forgotten Christmas gift. She cried with joy on their wedding anniversary, believing he had forgotten. In Washington the House Appropriations Committee approved an Agriculture Department appropriation of 5.182 billion dollars, reduced by 1.0596 billion from last year.
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Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Gear Stuck Forces Long Airborne Flight To Safe Landing
A six man B47 bomber crew from the 301st Bomb Wing of the Strategic Command circled Lockbourne AFB for nearly nine hours after a landing gear failure. The six engine jet stayed aloft 14 hours and 24 minutes, refueling twice before a safe landing.
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Lockbourne Air Force Base
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Strategic Command
Military men to return to Moscow from drugging incident
Two American military attaches Lt. Col. William L. Van Meter and Lt. Col. James M. Landrigan left Odessa for Leningrad and Helsinki for a brief holiday and would return to Moscow. Cmdr. Sumner Shpatro remained on duty. a third officer was allegedly drugged. The embassy protested to the Soviet government. a British attache Lt. Cmdr. John Harvey-Samuel was also drugged.
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James M. Landrigan
U. S. Navy
Sumner Shpatro
Black Sea
British Foreign Office
Cmdr
John Harvey-Samuel
Dad Daughter Team Seeks War Recruits in Poverty Fight
ATLANTA and SAIGON reports portray President Johnson and daughter Lynda rallying six states to join a poverty battle. Johnson discusses humble roots and shared profits with tenants while Lyndon and Lynda Johnson travel by plane and car urging heart and hand for the cause. In Saigon Ngo Dinh Can faces execution as Viet Nam and border skirmishes continue.
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Lynda
Lyndon Johnson
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Can
Ngo Dinh Diem
Japan envoy Nomura dies at 86 in Tokyo
Tokyo announces the death of Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, Japan’s ambassador to the United States during the Pearl Harbor attack. He died today after a long illness at age 86. Nomura and envoy Saburo Kurusu sparked a sharp diplomatic rebuke when they delivered Japan’s rejection of the U.S. peace formula on December 7, 1941 as bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor.
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Kichisaburo Nomura
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State Department
U. S
Pacific
Hoover To Remain FBI Chief Past 40 Year Milestone
Washington reports that J. Edgar Hoover marks the 40th anniversary of his promotion to head the Bureau of Investigation. Though due to retire at 70 next New Year’s Day, President Johnson may issue an executive waiver. Hoover, 69, enjoys good health and continues in office with aides noting clean health reports. He lives in northwest Washington with a housekeeper, tends to azaleas, and keeps two dogs, G-Boy and Tucker.
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Washington
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Tucker
Johnson Visit Inside Today
Complete coverage of President Johnson's visit to Athens appears in this edition with 16 full columns on pages 4 and 5 and additional stories and pictures on pages 2 and 8. Readers may save this issue as a souvenir of the presidential visit.
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